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The following is a simple video screenscast for new users to become familiar with creating a new post in WordPress. Hopefully this tutorial is helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

This is for WordPress users who are really new and are not sure how to use WordPress yet. One of the highlights is that I go through a lot of the different icons for the visual editor so newbies know. It is easy to learn by poking around and trying each, but I think adding this helps for those not as computer savvy.

I originally presented WordPress for Business at the March 2012 Southern Illinois Social Media Club meeting. I am honor to have been invited to present. The issue with WordPress for Business is that a lot of business owners are either confused, or have the concept of social networking and having a website backwards. I hope that I cover some basics for Businesses in understanding what WordPress can do for them, and some tips to help them on their way. WordPress for Business: The PowerPoint Presentation WordPress for business View more PowerPoint from Nile Flores WordPress for Business: The Podcast Presentation Read More →

Optimizing your site is definitely a necessity, but overdoing it will hurt your site. All this talk on SEO dying is hogwash. If it were, then there would be no search engines. SEO is not dying. The issue that some people are hurt over is the fact that they actually have to write great content AND engage with others out on the social networks. Come on, this should have been a no brainer a long time ago. If you have gone shopping, been a business owner of a store, or actually have worked in the retail or service industry, it Read More →

I have been on a role with making infographics, but I feel like I need to have my geeky humor come through these days and you know… it feels great to put my graphic design skill and my own humor, so I NOW have a series called Info Geek Humor Graphics. I will still do infographics, but I think I need to mix in a little geek/ tech humor to my site. It just feels like the right moment to do that. I am not sure if it will be a weekly thing, but certainly something I will do when Read More →

For newbies, using WordPress might be a little hard to learn. Even though WordPress makes it easy for users to upgrade their software, sometimes it can be scary. And yes, even scary just for clicking the button to automatically upgrade. No worries now! Below is a video screencast on how to use the automatic update with upgrading WordPress. As a note, it is important that you keep your WordPress install up-to-date so it stays as secure as possible. It is also important that when you do upgrade, that you have a backup of your website. This is for those times Read More →

WordPress is more than just a blog and for some, having something different for the front page other than the most recent posts is necessary to make way for other important information that the website owner wants the reader to see. For example, if you are a consultant who wants to give a brief summary of yourself, an opt-in form, an area for testimonials, and maybe a sales funnel on the front page, but have the blog on a secondary page… well, this is definitely the video tutorial for you. I do want to note that I do talk a Read More →

What is a 404 page? It is a page that tells your visitors when they go to a specific page that it no longer exists. Using a custom page for this is a benefit, especially to search engines like Google. The search engines index websites and all of their pages, including the 404 page. One way is to redirect, but this is not highly encourageable. You could make a redirect, but the search engine (ex. Google) would index the page and your site when searched could read “Page not found” instead of your homepage. In doing this procedure, you could Read More →

I thought about my post Let Your Followers Decide Who the Expert Is and put together a short infographic that I think goes perfect. I am pretty passionate about the fact that people who claim they are a guru or expert are not letting their followers say it for them. Anyone looking to build authority should let their work be what people will decided whether they are an expert or not. It is okay to believe you are an expert, and you might be, but when it comes to people who do not know you, they do not know what Read More →